Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center established, reports required, and money appropriated.

This bill establishes a new Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center within Minnesota's Department of Health to address workforce shortages in mental health care. The center will analyze provider availability, create career exposure programs for students, develop a licensure guide website, and operate a job board for treatment providers. It also plans to track graduate numbers, identify licensure barriers, expand loan forgiveness programs, and train primary care professionals in mental health integration. The bill requires annual reports to the legislature starting in 2027 and appropriates unspecified funding from the general fund to support these initiatives.